Police hunt for gunman ends in arrest

A LATE-night manhunt for a gunman ended with dozens of police, including the Special Operations Group, swooping on two outer-suburban homes.

The police helicopter and dog squad were called to help find a driver who allegedly threatened several police officers with a gun near the Chirnside Park Shopping Centre about 2.40pm yesterday.

The hunt escalated when the man, who is believed to be known to police, sped off.

By 4pm, dozens of officers, including heavily armed SOG police, moved in on a house in Donald St, Croydon, where they believed the man might have been holed up.

The officers later moved on to a nearby home at Nyanda Court.

Stunned neighbours watched as a standoff followed and lasted for several hours, with police negotiators trying to get the man to surrender.

Shortly after 9pm, a man and a woman, both aged in their 20s, were arrested at the scene.

They were expected to be charged. Police spokeswoman Belinda Batty said the siege ended peacefully and there were no injuries.

A local resident, who did not wish to be named, described the Nyanda Court house as an eyesore within a normally quiet neighbourhood. “There is always rubbish in the front yard and there are always different people there,” he said.